Ontario Mining Co. v. Industrial Commission

Parties are referred to as they appear in the lower court.

The district court affirmed an award of the Industrial Commission allowing compensation to claimant, B. Sceymour Lawson, in the sum of $3,056.57 for the loss of an eye, which occurred September 4, 1926, and arose out of and in the course of his employment.

The record discloses that plaintiff, the Ontario Mining Company, on the 7th day of August, 1926, contracted with plaintiff, William Ebersole, to construct an “upraise” on its mining property; that Ebersole employed claimant Lawson and another to assist him in the performance of this…